I dia -o igi
CEO
says
wo k-life
bala ce
is
ot
possible
at
the
top.
CEO
Khozema
Shipcha dle
said
he
sta ts
checki g
his
emails
at
4.30
am
that
the
w aps
up
his
wo k
at
9
pm.
The e
is
o
day
off
a d
the
I dia -o igi
CEO
of
Twilio
u s
laps
a ou d
the
house
betwee
meeti gs
so
that
he
does
ot
spe d
all
his
time
sitti g
as
most
of
the
time
he’s
awake,
he
is
wo ki g.
I
a
i te view
with
Fo tu e,
he
said
that
wa ti g
wo k-life
bala ce
is
awesome
but
sac ifice
is
what
sepa ates
leade s
f om
eve yo e
else.
Fo
example,
the
51-yea -old
CEO
said
he
missed
ma y
of
his
so ‘s
te is
matches.
The
p ice
that
he
paid
made
him
a
CFO
whe
he
was
31.O
checki g
mails
at
4.30
am,
Shipcha dle
said
he
was
always
a
mo i g
pe so ,
a d
it
helped
him
to
emai
ahead
of
othe s.
Coffee,
b eakfast,
b owse
th ough
ews
headli es,
a d
the
a
wo kout
follow.
“I
do
it
i
that
o de
i te tio ally
so
that
while
I’m
wo ki g
out,
I
have
a
oppo tu ity
to
thi k
th ough
the
va ious
thi gs
that
have
happe ed,
th ough
the
cou se
of
the
ews,
the
thi gs
that
I’ve
see
o
email
a d
Slack
a d
stuff
like
that,”
he
said.Shipcha dle
is
at
wo k
at
7.30
am
which
goes
o
till
lu ch.
Afte
lu ch,
he
always
immediately
hits
the
t eadmill
fo
10
mi utes
of
walki g
so
that
he
does ’t
get
a
afte oo
lull.
The
he
takes
a
di e
b eak
at
6.30
pm.
Despite
his
t aveli g,
he
mai tai s
the
same
outi e.
At
8
pm,
he
squeezes
i
a othe
hou
of
ext a
wo k
a d
the
goes
to
sleep
at
9.30
pm.
O
the
weeke d,
he
wakes
up
at
6.30
am
a d
keeps
his
outi e
a
little
elaxed
but
he
still
wo ks
most
Su days.
Wo k-life
bala ce
ot
possible
at
the
top,
says
CEO
Shipcha dle
said
he
does
ot
thi k
that
wo k-life
bala ce
is
possible
at
the
top
but
he
i sisted
that
he
is
ot
agai st
sma t
wo ki g.
“Eve y
o e
of
us
has
to
make
ce tai
wo k-life
choices,”
he
said.
“This
wo k-life
choice
obviously
has
ce tai
co seque ces.
I
was ’t
the e
fo
all
of
my
so ’s
te is
matches.”“If
you
wa t
to
wo k
eight-to-five,
coach
you
kids
spo ts
teams,
have
the
eve i gs
fo
you self,
a d
maybe
a othe
hobby
o
i te est,
that’s
awesome,”
Shipcha dle
said.He
also
does ’t
use
social
media
a d
says
that
helps
keep
his
focus.Shipcha dle
said
he
was
built
to
wo k
ha d.
“My
pa e ts
we e
the
classic
immig a t
success
sto y,
a d
as
with
ma y
immig a t
pa e ts,
they
wa ted
thei
kids
to
do
bette
tha
them
a d
to
c eate
the
oppo tu ities
fo
them,”
he
said.
“They
eally
pushed
wo ki g
ha d
a d
playi g
ha d,
which,
by
the
way,
I
do
play
ha d
whe
I’m
ot
wo ki g,
so
that
was
the
goal,”
he
added.
Who
is
Khozema
Shipcha dle ?
Shipcha dle
was
bo
i
I dia a
to
I dia
pa e ts
who
we e
f om
Mumbai.
But
his
a cest al
home
is
i
Be galu u.
Khozema
holds
a
Bachelo
of
A ts
i
Biology
a d
E glish
f om
I dia a
U ive sity
Bloomi gto .
He
sta ted
his
ca ee
at
GE
a d
ose
th ough
the
a ks
to
become
the
Chief
Comme cial
Office .
Afte
22
yea s
at
GE,
he
joi ed
Twilio
a d
became
the
CEO
i
2024.